Council House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cannock Chase local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. Council house.

Council House

WRENN ID
rough-latch-bone
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cannock Chase
Constituency
Cannock Chase MP: Josh Newbury (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1951
Type
Council house
Address
Council House, the Green
OS grid reference
SJ 979 102
Coordinates
52.68988, -2.03198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Council House is a mid-18th century building located on High Green. It is two storeys high and features five sash windows with plain aprons. The entrance has a modern door set within an original moulded architrave topped with a pediment, and there are steps leading up to it. The building has quoins, a moulded cornice, and a parapet, with a tiled roof. To the left side, there is a four-window wing that is set back from the main structure.

Local climate

Council House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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